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No. 06-7421
CLAUDE SLOAN,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
GENE JOHNSON, Director of VA. Prisons,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Roanoke.
Jackson L. Kiser, Senior
District Judge. (7:06-cv-00385-jlk-mf)
Submitted:
February 5, 2007
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Claude Sloan seeks to appeal the district courts order
denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. 2254 (2000) petition.
The order
2253(c)(2)
demonstrating
(2000).
that
prisoner
reasonable
satisfies
jurists
would
this
28 U.S.C.
standard
find
that
by
any
Miller-El v. Cockrell,
537 U.S. 322, 336-38 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484
(2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683-84 (4th Cir. 2001).
We have
independently reviewed the record and conclude that Sloan has not
made the requisite showing.
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